Vertical Farming
Does vertical farming take place indoors or outdoors?
what is indoors
Many people prefer white meat so scientists have redesigned the chicken to have larger ________.
What is breasts
what is any illness or disease contracted by eating contaminated food.
What fast food company is the largest purchaser of ground beef?
what is McDonald's
What food choices are cheaper than healthy food?
Where can vertical farming be done?
what are skyscrapers, shipping containers, warehouses, etc.
What has feeding chickens cheap corn caused the price of chicken to do?
What is go down
what is e-coli
Around how many cows are usually slaughtered per hour?
What is 400 cows
What is the biggest predator of obesity?
what is income level
What are 2 advantages of vertical farming?
will help handle future food demands
crops can go year around
uses less water
weather wont affect growth
more organic crops can be grown
less exposure to chemicals and disease
What is one of the most dangerous jobs in the US?
Hint: it is commonly done by illegal immigrants
What is meat packing
This disease can be caused by contaminated food, water, or contact with an infected animal.
What is salmonella
What is the mixture some companies are now using to kill e-coli in hamburger meat?
what is ammonia hydroxide
What percent of our land base in the US is used to grow corn?
what is 30%
What four things need to be controlled in order for indoor vertical farming to work?
What is temperature, light, humidity, and gasses
Chickens used to be raised in 3 months but now are raised in ___ days.
What is 49
What is an important way to prevent the spread of illness and disease?
What is cleaning and sanitizing
What factor of the cows environment causes a quick spread of e-coli?
What is they often stand ankle deep in their own manure
What in the recent years has changed about type 2 diabetes?
Over the next 10 years vertical farming may generate how many US jobs?
what is 100,000
How many hogs are typically slaughtered per hour?
Feeding corn to cattle results in a mutation in which case what disease evolves and become very harmful?
what is e-coli
What is the number of slaughterhouses that make up the majority of the worlds beef?
what is 13 slaughterhouses
tomatoes you buy ion the supermarket are picked Green and ripened by which gas?
what is ethylene gas